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Jackson asked his then-lawyer, Bert Fields, to intervene. One of the most prominent attorneys in the entertainment industry, Fields has been representing Jackson since 1990 and had negotiated for him, with Sony, the biggest music deal everwith possible earnings of $700 million. Fields brought in investigator Anthony Pellicano to help sort things out. Pellicano does things Sicilian-style, being fiercely loyal to those he likes but a ruthless hardball player when it comes to his enemies.
Given the facts about sodium Amytal and a recent landmark case that involved the drug, the boys allegations, say several medical experts, must be viewed as unreliable, if not highly questionable.Its a psychiatric medication that cannot be relied on to produce fact. On July 9, 1993, Dave Schwartz and June Chandler Schwartz played the taped conversation for Pellicano. After listening to the tape for ten minutes, I knew it was about extortion, says Pellicano. That same day, he drove to Jacksons Century City condominium, where Chandlers son and the boys half-sister were visiting. Without Jackson there, Pellicano made eye contact with the boy and asked him, he says, very pointed questions: Has Michael ever touched you? Have you ever seen him naked in bed? The answer to all the questions was no. The boy repeatedly denied that anything bad had happened. On July 11, after Jackson had declined to meet with Chandler, the boys father and Rothman went ahead with another part of the planthey needed to get custody of the boy. Chandler asked his ex-wife to let the youth stay with him for a one-week visitation period. As Bert Fields later said in an affidavit to the court, June Chandler Schwartz allowed the boy to go based on Rothmans assurance to Fields that her son would come back to her after the specified time, never guessing that Rothmans word would be worthless and that Chandler would not return their son.
Wylie Aitken, Rothmans attorney, claims that at the time [Rothman] gave his word, it was his intention to have the boy returned. However, once he learned that the boy would be whisked out of the country [to go on tour with Jackson], I dont think Mr. Rothman had any other choice. But the chronology clearly indicates that Chandler had learned in June, at the graduation, that the boys mother planned to take her son on the tour. The taped telephone conversation made in early July, before Chandler took custody of his son, also seems to verify that Chandler and Rothman had no intention of abiding by the visitation agreement. They [the boy and his mother] dont know it yet, Chandler told Schwartz, but they arent going anywhere.
On July 12, one day after Chandler took control of his son, he had his ex-wife sign a document prepared by Rothman that prevented her from taking the youth out of Los Angeles County. This meant the boy would be unable to accompany Jackson on the tour. His mother told the court she signed the document under duress. Chandler, she said in an affidavit, had threatened that I would not have [the boy] returned to me. A bitter custody battle ensued, making even murkier any charges Chandler made about wrong-doing on Jacksons part. (As of this August [1994], the boy was still living with Chandler.) It was during the first few weeks after Chandler took control of his sonwho was now isolated from his friends, mother and stepfatherthat the boys allegations began to take shape.
At the same time, Rothman, seeking an experts opinion to help establish the allegations against Jackson, called Dr. Mathis Abrams, a Beverly Hills psychiatrist. Over the telephone, Rothman presented Abrams with a hypothetical situation. In reply and without having met either Chandler or his son, Abrams on July 15 sent Rothman a two-page letter in which he stated that reasonable suspicion would exist that sexual abuse may have occurred. Importantly, he also stated that if this were a real and not a hypothetical case, he would be required by law to report the matter to the Los Angeles County Department of Childrens Services (DCS).
According to a July 27 entry in the diary kept by Rothmans former colleague, its clear that Rothman was guiding Chandler in the plan. Rothman wrote letter to Chandler advising him how to report child abuse without liability to parent, the entry reads.
At this point, there still had been made no demands or formal accusations, only veiled assertions that had become intertwined with a fierce custody battle. On August 4, 1993, however, things became very clear. Chandler and his son met with Jackson and Pellicano in a suite at the Westwood Marquis Hotel. On seeing Jackson, says Pellicano, Chandler gave the singer an affectionate hug (a gesture, some say, that would seem to belie the dentists suspicions that Jackson had molested his son), then reached into his pocket, pulled out Abramss letter and began reading passages from it. When Chandler got to the parts about child molestation, the boy, says Pellicano, put his head down and then looked up at Jackson with a surprised expression, as if to say I didnt say that. As the meeting broke up, Chandler pointed his finger at Jackson, says Pellicano, and warned Im going to ruin you.
At a meeting with Pellicano in Rothmans office later that evening, Chandler and Rothman made their demand $20 million.
On August 13, there was another meeting in Rothmans office. Pellicano came back with a counteroffera $350,000 screenwriting deal. Pellicano says he made the offer as a way to resolve the custody dispute and give Chandler an opportunity to spend more time with his son by working on a screenplay together. Chandler rejected the offer. Rothman made a counterdemanda deal for three screenplays or nothingwhich was spurned. In the diary of Rothmans ex-colleague, an August 24 entry reveals Chandlers disappointment: I almost had a $20 million deal, he was overheard telling Rothman.
Before Chandler took control of his son, the only one making allegations against Jackson was Chandler himselfthe boy had never accused the singer of any wrongdoing. That changed one day in Chandlers Beverly Hills dental office.
In the presence of Chandler and Mark Torbiner, a dental anesthesiologist, the boy was administered the controversial drug sodium Amytalwhich some mistakenly believe is a truth serum. And it was after this session that the boy first made his charges against Jackson. A newsman at KCBS-TV, in L.A., reported on May 3 of this year that Chandler had used the drug on his son, but the dentist claimed he did so only to pull his sons tooth and that while under the drugs influence, the boy came out with allegations. Asked for this article about his use of the drug on the boy, Torbiner replied: If I used it, it was for dental purposes.
Given the facts about sodium Amytal and a recent landmark case that involved the drug, the boys allegations, say several medical experts, must be viewed as unreliable, if not highly questionable.
Its a psychiatric medication that cannot be relied on to produce fact, says Dr. Resnick, the Cleveland psychiatrist. People are very suggestible under it. People will say things under sodium Amytal that are blatantly untrue. Sodium Amytal is a barbiturate, an invasive drug that puts people in a hypnotic state when its injected intravenously. Primarily administered for the treatment of amnesia, it first came into use during World War II, on soldiers traumatizedsome into catatonic statesby the horrors of war. Scientific studies done in 1952 debunked the drug as a truth serum and instead demonstrated its risks: False memories can be easily implanted in those under its influence. It is quite possible to implant an idea through the mere asking of a question, says Resnick. But its effects are apparently even more insidious: The idea can become their memory, and studies have shown that even when you tell them the truth, they will swear on a stack of Bibles that it happened, says Resnick.
Recently, the reliability of the drug became an issue in a high-profile trial in Napa County, California. After undergoing numerous therapy sessions, at least one of which included the use of sodium Amytal, 20-year-old Holly Ramona accused her father of molesting her as a child. Gary Ramona vehemently denied the charge and sued his daughters therapist and the psychiatrist who had administered the drug. This past May, jurors sided with Gary Ramona, believing that the therapist and the psychiatrist may have reinforced memories that were false. Gary Ramonas was the first successful legal challenge to the so-called repressed memory phenomenon that has produced thousands of sexual-abuse allegations over the past decade.
As for Chandlers story about using the drug to sedate his son during a tooth extraction, that too seems dubious, in light of the drugs customary use. Its absolutely a psychiatric drug, says Dr. Kenneth Gottlieb, a San Francisco psychiatrist who has administeredsodium Amytal to amnesia patients. Dr. John Yagiela, the coordinator of the anesthesia and pain control department of UCLAs school of dentistry, adds, Its unusual for it to be used [for pulling a tooth]. It makes no sense when better, safer alternatives are available. It would not be my choice.
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